Top 38 Music Albums of 1985
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- Chart updated: 12/07/2025 01:15
- (Created: 04/11/2012 18:38).
- Chart size: 38 albums.
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1985 – ATLANTIC
Produced By CHRIS THOMAS
1. What You Need
2. Listen Like Thieves
3. Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
4. Shine Like It Does
5. Good + Bad Times
6. Biting Bullets
7. This Time
8. Three Sisters
9. Same Direction
10. One X One
11. Red Red Sun
INXS had some hits from their first four albums…songs like “The One Thing” and “Don’t Change” and “Original Sin” showed that this was a band on the rise. We just needed to be patient with them. In 1985, INXS finally found their sound on their fifth album, Listen Like Thieves. And it starts off strong. “What You Need”. “Listen Like Thieves” and “Kiss The Dirt” are all excellent rock songs that showed what their future had in store for them. But then Listen Like Thieves suddenly, with “Shine Like It Does”, slips into the ordinary. From that point on, only “This Time” seems to have any kind of life to it. “One X One” comes close, but the rest is dull and lifeless. Fortunately, the wave of their future was in the better tracks.
What INXS did here was to get heavier. Singer Michael Hutchence grasped the reins on the more rock oriented tracks and started down the path to being one of the better frontmen of the eighties. This album led directly to their even bigger successes with the albums Kick and X, and began their chart dominance not only in their native Australia, but in the rest of the world as well. The roots of that huge success can be found here, on Listen Like Thieves. But you’ll want to keep your finger on that skip button, particularly for surprisingly weaker tracks like “Shine Like It Does” and the snoozy instrumental, “Three Sisters”. The hits here are all worth having…the other tracks are simply not. It’s okay. Bigger and better things were on the way. [First added to this chart: 08/11/2019]
Produced By CHRIS THOMAS
1. What You Need
2. Listen Like Thieves
3. Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
4. Shine Like It Does
5. Good + Bad Times
6. Biting Bullets
7. This Time
8. Three Sisters
9. Same Direction
10. One X One
11. Red Red Sun
INXS had some hits from their first four albums…songs like “The One Thing” and “Don’t Change” and “Original Sin” showed that this was a band on the rise. We just needed to be patient with them. In 1985, INXS finally found their sound on their fifth album, Listen Like Thieves. And it starts off strong. “What You Need”. “Listen Like Thieves” and “Kiss The Dirt” are all excellent rock songs that showed what their future had in store for them. But then Listen Like Thieves suddenly, with “Shine Like It Does”, slips into the ordinary. From that point on, only “This Time” seems to have any kind of life to it. “One X One” comes close, but the rest is dull and lifeless. Fortunately, the wave of their future was in the better tracks.
What INXS did here was to get heavier. Singer Michael Hutchence grasped the reins on the more rock oriented tracks and started down the path to being one of the better frontmen of the eighties. This album led directly to their even bigger successes with the albums Kick and X, and began their chart dominance not only in their native Australia, but in the rest of the world as well. The roots of that huge success can be found here, on Listen Like Thieves. But you’ll want to keep your finger on that skip button, particularly for surprisingly weaker tracks like “Shine Like It Does” and the snoozy instrumental, “Three Sisters”. The hits here are all worth having…the other tracks are simply not. It’s okay. Bigger and better things were on the way. [First added to this chart: 08/11/2019]
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1985
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Top 38 Music Albums of 1985 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Little Richard | 1 | 3% | |
| Pete Townshend | 1 | 3% | |
| The Cult | 1 | 3% | |
| Robert Palmer | 1 | 3% | |
| LL Cool J | 1 | 3% | |
| The Replacements | 1 | 3% | |
| Aretha Franklin | 1 | 3% | |
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From Romanelli 01/09/2014 22:04 | #100313
Romanelli 01/09/2014 22:04 | #100313
I dig The Replacements a lot, but I admit that I haven't gotten around to adding much of them to my collection. They're one of those bands that just keep getting pushed back. I've always had Let It Be as a favorite, though. This may get me moving to add more of them!
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Mercury 01/09/2014 21:34 | #100311
Mercury 01/09/2014 21:34 | #100311
This is cool. I came here because I was curious to see Pete Townsend's album as your #1 of '85 yet lower than 250 overall. I personally have Tim, Hounds of Love and Rain Dogs all in my overall top 40.
What are your thoughts on The Replacements?
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